1886:
Born 14 October, Fayetteville, N.C., son of Katherine Sloan and Alexander Graham

1909:
Received A.B. from University of North Carolina

1910:
Licensed to practice law in North Carolina

1911 -
1913:
English teacher at Raleigh High School

1914 -
1916:
Instructor of history, UNC

1916:
Received M.A. from Columbia University

1917 -
1919:
U.S. Marine Corps private (mustered out as first lieutenant)

1920 -
1921:
Assistant professor, UNC; head of statewide campaign for funding a program for state
institutions

1921 -
1927:
Associate professor, UNC; member of the President's Committee on Education; twice
president of the North Carolina Conference of Social Service (sponsored and prepared first
worker's compensation act in North Carolina); founded Citizens' Library Movement of North
Carolina

1927 -
1930:
Professor of history, UNC

1930 -
1932:
President of UNC (Chapel Hill)

1931:
Served on commission that wrote plan for consolidation of North Carolina State College,
Women's College, and the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

1932 -
1949:
President of the Consolidated University of North Carolina

1932:
Married Marian Drane

1934:
Chair of the National Advisory Council of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Security

1941 -
1942:
Member of the National Defense Mediation Board

1942 -
1946:
Public member of the National War Labor Board; member of the Maritime War Emergency
Board

1945:
Chair of the Public Hearings Committee of the President's Labor-Management
Conference

1945 -
1946:
Chair of the Oil Panel of the President's Labor-Management Conference

1946 -
1947:
Member of the President's Committee on Civil Rights

1947 -
1948:
U.S. representative on the United Nations Committee of Good Offices in the Dutch
Indonesian Dispute; president of the National Association of State Universities

1949 -
1950:
U.S. senator; appointed after death of J. Melville Broughton

1950:
Lost primary campaign for U.S. Senate to Willis Smith

1951:
Defense Manpower Administrator for U.S. Department of Labor

1951 -
1968:
U.N. Representative in the dispute between India and Pakistan

1952 -
1969:
Chair of the Board of the National Sharecroppers Fund

1954 -
1963:
Board member of American Association for the United Nations

1961 -
1962:
President of board of directors of the Civil Liberties Foundation

1962 -
1964:
Chair of the Carolina Charter Tercentenary Committee

1963 -
1965:
Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Area Redevelopment

1967:
27 April, Marian D. Graham died

1968:
Retired from responsibilities at the United Nations

1972:
16 February, Frank Porter Graham died

From the guide to the Frank Porter Graham Papers, 1908-1990, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)